1949 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record53–101 (.344)
League place7th
OwnersBill DeWitt
General managersBill DeWitt
ManagersZack Taylor
TelevisionKSD
RadioWEW/KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Tom Dailey)
← 1948 Seasons 1950 →

The 1949 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 57 0.630 — 54–23 43–34
Boston Red Sox 96 58 0.623 1 61–16 35–42
Cleveland Indians 89 65 0.578 8 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 0.565 10 50–27 37–40
Philadelphia Athletics 81 73 0.526 16 52–25 29–48
Chicago White Sox 63 91 0.409 34 32–45 31–46
St. Louis Browns 53 101 0.344 44 36–41 17–60
Washington Senators 50 104 0.325 47 26–51 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1949 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 17–5 8–14 15–7–1 9–13 14–8 15–7 18–4
Chicago 5–17 — 7–15 8–14 7–15 6–16 15–7 15–7
Cleveland 14–8 15–7 — 13–9 10–12 9–13 15–7 13–9
Detroit 7–15–1 14–8 9–13 — 11–11 14–8 14–8 18–4
New York 13–9 15–7 12–10 11–11 — 14–8 17–5–1 15–7
Philadelphia 8–14 16–6 13–9 8–14 8–14 — 12–10 16–6
St. Louis 7–15 7–15 7–15 8–14 5–17–1 10–12 — 9–13
Washington 4–18 7–15 9–13 4–18 7–15 6–16 13–9 —


Roster

1949 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Sherm Lollar 109 284 74 .261 8 49
1B Jack Graham 137 500 119 .238 24 79
2B Jerry Priddy 145 544 158 .290 11 63
SS Eddie Pellagrini 79 235 56 .238 2 15
3B Bob Dillinger 137 544 176 .324 1 51
OF Stan Spence 104 314 77 .245 13 45
OF Dick Kokos 143 501 131 .261 23 77
OF Roy Sievers 140 471 144 .306 16 91

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Paul Lehner 104 297 68 .229 3 37
Les Moss 97 278 81 .291 10 39
Whitey Platt 102 244 63 .258 3 29
John Sullivan 105 243 55 .226 0 18
Andy Anderson 71 136 17 .125 1 5
Al Zarilla 15 56 14 .250 1 6
George Elder 41 44 11 .250 0 2
Owen Friend 2 8 3 .375 0 1
Al Naples 2 7 1 .143 0 0
Ken Wood 7 6 0 .000 0 0
Hank Arft 6 5 1 .200 0 2
Frankie Pack 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ned Garver 41 223.2 12 17 3.98 70
Cliff Fannin 30 143.0 8 14 6.17 57
Karl Drews 31 139.2 4 12 6.64 35
Ribs Raney 3 16.1 1 2 7.71 5
Ed Albrecht 1 5.0 1 0 5.40 1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Kennedy 48 153.2 4 11 4.69 69
Al Papai 42 142.1 4 11 5.06 31
Joe Ostrowski 40 141.0 8 8 4.79 34
Red Embree 35 127.1 3 13 5.37 24
Dick Starr 30 83.1 1 7 4.32 44

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Ferrick 50 6 4 6 3.88 34
Ray Shore 13 0 1 0 10.80 13
Ralph Winegarner 9 0 0 0 7.56 8
Bob Malloy 5 1 1 0 2.79 2
Bob Savage 4 0 0 0 6.43 1
Irv Medlinger 3 0 0 0 27.00 4
Jim Bilbrey 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Baltimore Orioles International League Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas and Jack Dunn III
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Gus Mancuso
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Don Heffner, Jack Tobin and Sal Madrid
B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Jack Bradsher
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jim Crandall
C Globe-Miami Browns Arizona–Texas League Frank Volpi and Ed Dancisak
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Jim Cullinane
C Pine Bluff Cardinals Cotton States League Harry Chozen
C Marshall Browns East Texas League Walt DeFreitas
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Irv Hall
C Salinas/Tijuana Colts Sunset League Bruce Ogrodowski
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Heinie Mueller
D Redding Browns Far West League Ray Perry
D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Albert Barkus and Olan Smith
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Bill Enos
D Olean Oilers PONY League Shan Deniston and Larry Mancini
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Bill Krueger
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Aberdeen
Salinas club moved to Tijuana, August 5, 1949

References

  1. ^ John Sullivan at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bob Savage at Baseball-Reference

External links

1949 MLB season by team
Baltimore Orioles
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